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TR: Gülenists accused of massive data theft to track thousands

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Dissent

A police raid on the headquarters of a business conglomerate linked to the Gülen Movement revealed a server containing data of thousands of people, ranging from tax information to social security data stolen from national servers Hazal Ates reports: A server discovered in a police raid of Kaynak Holding, a business conglomerate with close ties to…

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MN: Constituents of City Council Member had their details tweeted by Council Member

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Dissent

Kate Raddatz reports: A Minneapolis City Council member is under fire for a series of tweets she posted online after attending the Black Lives Matter protest at the Mall of America this week. The tweets published personal information of constituents who criticized her involvement in the protest. Councilmember Alondra Cano, who represents Ward 9, tweeted out…

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Costa Rica Government Website Hacked by Pro-ISIS Group

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Dissent

Jaime Lopez reports: An internal page within the website of the Ministry of the Environment in Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: MINAE) were hacked by an Egyptian group claiming allegiance to the Cyber Caliphate, an extremist branch of ISIS. There’s much more, but one somewhat surprising note: It is interesting to note that the hackers who claimed…

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Third man associated with #Anonymous in Australia Pleads Guilty to Reduced Charges

Posted on December 23, 2015February 4, 2025 by Dissent

CORRECTED: Adam Bennett, aka “Lorax,” was arrested in May, 2014, during the same time period that other members of Anonymous is Australia were arrested. DataBreaches.net has reported on the other two men: Mathew Hutchison (aka Rax) and a third person (aka Juzzy, Absantos, etc.). Information on Bennett’s case was difficult to obtain as the prosecution kept changing…

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Florida Agency For Healthcare Administration records with PHI sent to landfill by mistake

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Dissent

From Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, Dec. 21: HIPAA Notice of Improper Disposal of Protected Health Information. The Agency for Health Care Administration has determined that certain inspection records which may contain protected health information were improperly disposed of on November 12, 2015. On November 13, 2015, the Agency discovered that old inspection records of…

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Feds charge ex-Alabama IRS employee, 3 others in $1 million ID scheme

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Dissent

Jonathan Grass reports: The U.S. Attorney’s Office has announced multiple charges in a lengthy identity theft scheme that operated out of Birmingham. The stolen identity tax refund scheme operated between 2008 and 2011 and is believed to involve more than $1 million in false claims. It involved stealing personal identity information from the Internal Revenue…

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